Citation

Fernandes FL, Swinney A, McMillan S, MacLeay D, McGhee J, Graham W, Roberts G. Cien. Saude Colet. 2018; 23(9): 2869-2877.

Affiliation

Peripheries Research Group, School of Education and Social Work, University of Dundee. Nethergate. DD1 4HN Dundee Scotland UK. f.l.fernandes@dundee.ac.uk.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Associacao Brasileira de Pos-Graduacao em Saude Coletiva)

DOI

10.1590/1413-81232018239.13412018

PMID

30281725

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of the symbolic conditions which govern health care provision in the Scottish prison system. The paper considers the wider context of Scottish prisons, where health care provision follows a similar structure both in juvenile and adult prisons. Our intention is to provoke a debate about the doxa (Bourdieu, 1977), which underlies decision making in respect of health care in prison, in a political environment where pragmatism, allied to the 'pathologisation' of social policies, health and criminal justice has been a hegemonic force.

Language: en